Kasey and Seth got hitched this past October at Hotel Monaco, DC - one of my favorite venues. They were an absolute delight to work with - such a friendly, awesome couple. After a first look and some shots around the hotel and across the street at the National Portrait Gallery, they did their Jewish ceremony in the semi-round, then we flipped the room while their cocktail hour took place in the Athens Ballroom. Emily from Love Blooms killed the florals - Kasey completely flipped (in a good way) when she saw how well the flowers matched her bridesmaids dresses! Elisha from Love Life Images did an amazing job capturing these two, and String of Pearls Quartet played their ceremony and cocktail hour, while DJ Dan Goldman rocked out their reception. They ended the night by giving perfectly DC treats to their guests from District Desserts.

Congrats again, Kasey and Seth!

Kasey and Seth's Vendors:

Coordinator: Katie Wannen, The Plannery

Venue and Caterer: Hotel Monaco DC

Photographer: Elisha from Love Life Images

Florist: Love Blooms

Ceremony Music: String of Pearls

DJ: Dan Goldman, Bialek's Music

Rentals: DC Rentals

Cake: Fancy Cakes by Leslie

Cookie Favors: District Desserts

Hair and Make-up: Bespoke Salon

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I’m not really sure where to begin with Wes and Brian. They hired me for full planning - after a hilarious meeting in which one of them forgot what secret word they were going to use to indicate to the other that they liked me and wanted to hire me on the spot. So I left and then immediately got called back to their beautiful apartment with the news that I was hired!

From there, things just got better. We did site visits at which Wes bought a painting from a gallery. I learned they were going to have a Best Man and a Best “Bitch”. We drank lots of wine over photographer meetings. We complained about people who shall not be named. We basically had a blast.

Wes and Brian originally wanted to do a courthouse ceremony but after seeing the sad trellis that adorns (if you can call it that) the DC courthouse, decided to do an intimate ceremony at the War Memorial. After some post-ceremony photos, they had a cocktail hour and blow-out reception at Hotel Monaco in DC. Wes and Brian settled on gray and red as their colors (Brian may or may not be from Ohio, and red is a lucky color in the Chinese culture), and Mike Bell from MyDeejay rocked it along with Emily from Love Blooms and her modern floral arrangements.

So sit back and enjoy these fantastic images from the super talented ladies at Paired Images. Some of my favorite moments include:

Jess from Paired Images stepping up and tying their bow ties cause they’d forgotten to research how to do it. She is the sh*t.

Wes and Brian’s gorgeous cake from Fluffy Thoughts and their adorbs cake topper.

Me wrangling big, red balloons. And being super relieved when one that had escaped due to some rough play by the kiddies popped mid reception rather than float into Hotel Monaco’s beautiful dome (whew).